Alaska quiet on B.C. oil port

In the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the controversial pipeline, the department takes no position on whether it should be built but notes that tar-sand crude produces 17 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional crude and as much as 10 percent more than heavy crude.

Work on Petersburg harbors

China still bans shellfish

The letter dashes hopes of shellfish harvesters in Washington state who had hoped the ban would be lifted quickly after U.S. representatives submitted new information about safety standards along with test results that showed geoducks were safe.

B.C. mine environment OK

Project developer Chieftain Metals said an aquatic ecological risk asessment report carried out by accredited third-party consultants had concluded that the fish resource downstream from the $450-million Tulsequah Chief polymetallic project, in British Columbia, is at a healthy level and the 60 years of historic discharge posed a low risk to fish.

Lawsuit over Taku mine

The legal challenge asserts the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) erred in its determination that granted the certificate for the life of the mine, and asks that the decision be quashed, causing the certificate to expire. Without the certificate the Tulsequah Chief project cannot proceed.

Vote on Alaska photos

Dry Cal closes fisheries

"Because there's no flow in the river, there's no counterforce to keep the sandbar open. So you have a closed system when you normally would have an open system, which does not allow for fish to come in and spawn."

Salmon follow magnetic map

Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week: The Fish Board reverses itself on Kenai River kings, Kodiak may have found its new fisheries consultant, and the plague of injuries in the fishing fleet gets some scrutiny. All that, and who would've thought you could make money fishing for jellyfish.

Pebble chief fights back

Shively says it looks to him like Begich made up his mind long before he announced it, but he acknowledges the real issue for those like him, who want to develop Pebble, is that Begich sided against the mine, before the Pebble Partnership has even applied for permits.